University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
ER-6: Sustainability-Focused Courses

AFRO 3141 Africa AGRO 1101 Biology of Plant Food Systems AGRO 1103 Crops, Environment, and Society AGRO 3203W Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen AGRO 5321 Ecology of Agricultural Systems ANSC 1011 Animals and Society ANSC 3203W Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen ANSC 3203W Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen ANSC 3203W Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen ANTH 1906W Freshman Seminar ANTH 3041 Ecological Anthropology ANTH 4069 Environmental Archaeology ANTH 5041 Ecological Anthropology APEC 3611 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics APEC 5651 Economics of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy AST 1001 Exploring the Universe AST 1011H Exploring the Universe, Honors BBE 1906W Freshman Seminar BIOL 1001 Introductory Biology I: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives BIOL 1001H Introductory Biology I: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives BIOL 3407 Ecology BIOL 3408W Ecology BIOL 3807 Ecology CE 3501 Environmental Engineering CFAN 1501 Biotechnology, People, and the Environment CFAN 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar CFAN 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar CFAN 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar CHEM 1021 Chemical Principles I CHEM 1022 Chemical Principles II CHEM 1031H Honors Chemistry I CHEM 1032H Honors Chemistry II CSCL 3361 Visions of Nature: The Natural World and Political Thought DIS 3332 Environmental Problems and Policy: a European Perspective DIS 3343 Environmental History of Europe DIS 3822 Ecology and Human Impact in the North and Baltic Seas DIS 3823 Biology of Marine Mammals DIS 3824 Ecotoxicology: Principles and Practice DIS 3825 Intensive Ecotoxicology Laboratory: Introduction to International Tests and Assays DIS 3830 Marine Biology of European Coastal Waters EE 1701W Energy, Environment, and Society EEB 3001 Ecology and Society ESPM 1011 Issues in the Environment ESPM 1425 The Atmosphere ESPM 1901 Topics: Freshman Seminar ESPM 2041 Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability ESPM 3011W Ethics in Natural Resources ESPM 3101 Conservation of Plant Biodiversity ESPM 3245 Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy ESPM 3251 Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development ESPM 3261 Economics and Natural Resources Management ESPM 3261 Economics and Natural Resources Management ESPM 4061W Water Quality and Natural Resources ESPM 4061W Water Quality and Natural Resources FR 1901 Freshman Seminar FR 5146 Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change FSCN 1112 Principles of Nutrition FW 1901 Freshman Seminar FW 2001 Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology FW 2002 Threatened and Endangered Wildlife: Causes, Consequences, and Future Conservation FW 5003 Human Dimensions of Biological Conservation FW 5603W Habitats and Regulation of Wildlife FW 5604W Fisheries Ecology and Management GEO 1001 Earth and Its Environments GEO 1002 Earth History GEO 1005 Geology and Cinema GEO 1006 Oceanography GEO 1101 Introduction to Geology GEO 1901 Freshman Seminar: Environment GEO 3002 Climate Change and Human History GEO 3003 Geohazards GEO 3004 Water and Society GEO 3402 Science and Politics of Global Warming GEOG 1403 Biogeography of the Global Garden GEOG 1403H Honors: Biogeography of the Global Garden GEOG 1425 Introduction to Meteorology GEOG 3111 Geography of Minnesota GEOG 3141 Africa GEOG 3361W Geography and Public Policy GEOG 3376 Political Ecology of North America GEOG 3379 Environment and Development in the Third World GEOG 3411W Geography of Health and Health Care GEOG 3431 Plant and Animal Geography GEOG 4121W Latin America GEOG 5431 Plant and Animal Geography GLOS 3303 Environment and Development in the Third World GLOS 3304 Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet GLOS 4311 Race, Class, and the Politics of Nature HMED 3040 Human Health, Disease, and the Environment in History HORT 5071 Restoration and Reclamation Ecology HSCI 1212 Life on Earth: Perspectives on Biology HSCI 1214W Life on Earth: Perspectives on Biology IOFT 1101 Environmental Issues and Solutions LA 3501 Environmental Design and Its Biological and Physical Context LAS 4121W Latin America PBIO 1212 Plants and Society PHIL 3301 Environmental Ethics PHYS 1001W Energy and the Environment POL 3872W Global Environmental Cooperation PSTL 1112 Nature in the City PSTL 1171 Earth Systems and Environments PSTL 1906W Freshman Seminar: Environmental Issues PUBH 3102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health RRM 4232W Managing Recreational Lands SOC 4305 Society and the Environment: A Growing Conflict SOC 4311 Race, Class, and the Politics of Nature SOIL 1125 The Soil Resource SOIL 2125 Basic Soil Science SUST 3003 Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet URBS 3751 Understanding the Urban Environment WRIT 3383 In Search of Nature

This data only covers undergraduate course offerings. The courses above were obtained searching the Electronic Course Approval System to find those labeled with the U's Environment Theme Designation (see ER 5 for more information on the sorting process). In order to obtain an undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, students must take at least one course that meets the Environment Theme Liberal Education requirement. The list of courses provided for this credit all fulfill an Environment Theme requirement. While the University may not have a large percentage of Sustainability-focused courses, all students seeking undergraduate degrees from the University of Minnesota are required to take one of these courses.